How Did Israeli Defense Forces Rescue Two Hostages From Hamas In Gaza? Watch Video

2/12/2024 11:00:44 PM

(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Israel launched a special forces operation that freed two Israeli hostages in Rafah amid air strikes early on Monday, which killed 37 people and wounded dozens in the southern Gaza city, said local health officials a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Israel Defence Force said,“Two Israeli hostages rescued during an overnight mission in Rafah. During a joint operation between the IDF, ISA, and Israel Police, two Israeli hostages from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak were rescued: Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Louis Har (70).\"“They are both in good medical condition and were transferred for further medical examination in Israel,\" it said Isaeli military has also shared the video of how the hostages were rescued yesterday. \"WATCH the moment hostages Fernando Simon Marman and Luis Har were rescued during the operation in Rafah yesterday\".Israeli military spokesman Lt Co. Richard Hecht said, \"It was a very complex operation. We've been working a long time on this operation. We were waiting for the right conditions.\"The hostages were being held on the second floor of a building that was breached with an explosive charge during the raid, which saw heavy exchanges of gunfire with surrounding buildings, Hecht said, adding that an air strike was carried out to allow the forces to be extracted air strikes caused widespread panic in Rafah as many people were asleep when the strikes started, said residents contacted by Reuters using a chat app. Some feared Israel had begun its ground offensive into Rafah planes, tanks, and ships took part in the strikes, with two mosques and several houses hit, according to residents Monday, the Israeli military it had conducted a“series of strikes\" on southern Gaza that have now“concluded\", without providing further details. Before previous assaults on Gaza cities, Israel's military has ordered civilians to leave without preparing any specific evacuation plan President Joe Biden told PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Israel should not launch a military operation in Rafah without a credible plan to ensure the safety of the around one million people sheltering there, the White House said's office has said that it had ordered the military to develop a plan to evacuate Rafah and destroy four Hamas battalions it says are deployed there, Reuters reported militants killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted at least 250 in their October 7 incursion, according to Israeli tallies. Israel has responded with a military assault on the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 28,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run health ministry warned on Sunday of \"dire consequences\" of a potential Israeli military assault on Rafah, which lies near its border.\"Egypt called for the necessity of uniting all international and regional efforts to prevent the targeting of the Palestinian city of Rafah,\" its foreign ministry added in a statement.

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